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The Professional Scrum Master Guide

You're reading from   The Professional Scrum Master Guide The unofficial guide to Scrum with real-world projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800205567
Length 174 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fred Heath Fred Heath
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1:The Scrum Framework
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Scrum FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Scrum Theory and Principles 4. Chapter 3: The Scrum Team 5. Chapter 4: Scrum Events 6. Chapter 5: Scrum Artifacts 7. Section 2:Scrum in Action
8. Chapter 6: Planning and Estimating with Scrum 9. Chapter 7: The Sprint Journey 10. Chapter 8: Facets of Scrum 11. Section 3:The PSM Certification
12. Chapter 9: Preparing for the PSM I Assessment 13. Assessments 14. Other Books You May Enjoy 15. Index

Tracking progress with a Scrum Board

A Scrum Board is a tool that helps Scrum Teams visualize Sprint Backlog items and track their progress. The board can have different styles and content, depending on the team and organization where it's being used, but its purpose remains the same. The board is updated by the team and shows all items that need to be completed for the current Sprint. Items on a Scrum Board are usually represented as cards. Each card has a title, description, and other metadata, and can be colored and labeled in different ways.

Scrum Boards are not strictly defined. Some have fewer columns than others. Some have differently named columns. What they all have in common, however, is that they allow us to visualize our workflow, to know how our team is doing, and to get a feel for the direction our development is heading. A minimalist Scrum Board is depicted in the following diagram:

Figure 7.1 – A Scrum Board

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